The six richest countries host only 8.8% of the world’s refugees, according to an Oxfam report.
The United States, China, Japan, Germany, France and the United Kingdom constitute almost 60% of the global economy; yet only host 2.1 million refugees collectively.
While Jordan, Turkey, Pakistan, Lebanon, Palestine, and South...

The rate at which people are fleeing war and persecution has soared from 6 per minute in 2005 to 24 per minute in 2015, according to a new report released today by the UN Refugee Agency.
The picture given by the UN agency appears dire and worsening. Wars...

Turkey will miss an end of June deadline to meet the EU’s conditions for securing visa-free travel throughout the Schengen zone. This was confirmed by the European commission following the issuing of a progress report on the controversial migration deal. The next report is due...

One in every ten respondents in a global survey said they would welcome refugees in their homes, while 80% overall said they would want their country to provide shelter.
[caption id="attachment_5786" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Photo: Moas.eu/ Jason Florio[/caption]
Respondents in China, Germany and the UK emerged as overall...

A Turkish coastguard crew has been caught on camera attacking a rubber boat with about 40 asylum seekers on board, including five women and 15 children.
The incident happened at about 8am off the Greek island of Agathonisi. A Turkish Coast Guard Cutter started chasing the dinghy,...

Three Syrian children were found dead from drowning during a dramatic overnight rescue off the Greek island of Agathonisi during which the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) rescued 20 people.
[caption id="attachment_5329" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Rescue Swimmers approach the survivors off Agathonisi. Photo: MOAS.eu/ Jason Florio[/caption]
The children, a...

Around 38 people are still missing after a large boat and several smaller ones were swamped by high waves off Greece on Wednesday, spilling more than 280 people into the sea, the coast guard said.
A girl being resuscitated by paramedics after being rescued off Lesvos.
Three people, including two...

The EU should adopt policies that balance full protection for refugees, orderly border management and dignified return for those who do not qualify for asylum, IOM Director General William Lacy Swing has said.
[caption id="attachment_4798" align="alignnone" width="760"] William Lacy Swing[/caption]
He also underscored the need for more care for...

Ireland is bucking the trend in the EU and is preparing to take some 600 refugees, more than its allotted quota under a scheme devised by the European Commission, which it could opt-out of if it wanted to.
[caption id="attachment_2577" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] The Irish navy vessel...

Nearly 10,000 Burundian refugees fled to neighbouring countries at the weekend before the country closed its borders for 48 hours on Sunday ahead of parliamentary elections the following day, the UN refugee agency said.
UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming told a press in Geneva,Refugees now have to use informal...